where is bulgaria

Area: 110.912 km Geographical location: 41 ° 151-44 ° 10 'north latitude, 22 ° 20' - 28 ° 25 'east longitude. Population: 8.982 million inhabitants Population density: 81 inhabitants / km The capital and largest city: Sofia. 1,114,925 people Official language: Bulgarian Official currency: leva (1 lev = 100 stotinki) Geographical Bulgaria is divided into four main horizontal areas. Northern depressions have a height of about 100 m and descends steeply towards the Danube, to the border with Romania. Balkan Mountains stretch across the country and reach the maximum height of 2376 m at Botev. Between the Balkan Mountains and Rhodope Massif is a series of valleys and lakes. They stretch between Sofia and the Black Sea, a coastal line of 354 km. Stara Planina mountain range is the most extensive, with a length of 530 km and a width of 15-20 km and 2376 m in the maximum rate Botev Peak. Called and the Balkans, he gives the name of the whole region and divide the country into two. Southern Bulgaria is mainly mountainous, the highest mountain situated between the Alps and the Transcaucasus Musala Peak (2925 m). To the south, in the Pirin Mountains is Vihren Peak (2915 m). Besides the Danube there are few large rivers, but is dense river network. Number of lakes is also small (330), although there are over 600 natural springs of mineral water.